Clipped from the December issue of Mitt Slingers Magazine...Jackson is a heavy favourite at almost 3 to 1 in most betting parlours...special trains have been laid on to bring in sports from all over the west coast...The Sydney Mail has sent a reporter to cover the fight as have papers from London, Paris, Berlin and Stockholm...Most major US dailies will have men on site to send back wire reports as rounds progress..There is talk of Tom Sharkey meeting Gus Ruhlin on the undercard...Interest in the main event has been such that the Olympic Club may charge as much as $75 for a ringside seat...It is reliably rumoured that several wealthy sports including "Diamond Jim Brady" himself, have pooled contributions to increase the fight's purse to at least $24,000...
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